MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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